Method and apparatus for treating crankcase emissions
AssigneeVortex Automotive Corporation
InventorDesmond Knowles
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Abstract
There is described an improved method for treating crankcase emissions from an internal combustion engine, comprising the steps of directing the emissions from the crankcase to an emissions separator, subjecting the emissions in the separator to a series of cleansing operations for removal of contaminants, directing the flow of cleansed emissions through a one way check valve back to the engine for combustion and collecting the separated contaminants for disposal.
Claims16
A method of treating crankcase emissions from an internal combustion engine, comprising the steps of:
- directing emissions from said crankcase to an emissions separator;
- subjecting the emissions flowing through said separator to a cleansing operation for removal of non-gaseous contaminants;
- directing the flow of cleansed emissions through one way check valve means back to the engine for combustion;
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- collecting the separated non-gaseous contaminants for disposal away from the disposal away from the engine.
An apparatus for treating crankcase emissions from an internal combustion engine, comprising;
- a first housing having an inlet for the inflow of crankcase emissions, an outlet for the return flow of treated emissions to the engine for combustion therein and drain means for drainage of non-gaseous contaminants separated out from said crankcase emissions, said non-gaseous contaminants being disposed away from the engine;
- a second housing disposed in said first housing, said second housing including an inlet in fluid communication with said inlet in said first housing, and an outlet in fluid communication with both said outlet and said drain means in said first housing;
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- treatment means disposed in said second housing for subjecting the crankcase emissions flowing therethrough to cleaning operations for separation of said non-gaseous contaminants from said emissions.
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